Nov. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1975

Small Grazing-run, Canterbury, open for Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th October, 1896.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned small grazing-run will be open for lease on application, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, on and after Wednesday, the 2nd December, 1896, at the annual rental noted below. In case of more than one application for the run on the same day, priority of selection will be decided by ballot on the following day, at 11 a.m.

ASHLEY COUNTY. — WAITOHI SURVEY DISTRICT. — PART OF PATOA SETTLEMENT.

First-class Pastoral Country.

Section 36569 : 293 acres ; annual rent, £11.

Locality and description: This run is situated between the Hurunui and Waitohi Rivers, to the west of the Northern Railway, near Medbury Station, and comprises open plain light land.

CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. The term of lease is twenty-one years, with the option of renewal for a further period of twenty-one years, at a rent to be fixed by valuation, and improvements being secured to lessee as provided by “The Land Act, 1892,” section 182. Each lessee is required to make the declaration as per form printed below.

2. No person can lease more than one run.

3. Residence on the run is compulsory, and commences within three years in bush or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, unless the lessee obtain the consent of the Land Board to reside on other land in his occupation.

4. Permanent improvements must be effected equal to one year’s rental by the end of the first year, two years’ rental by the end of the second year, and four years’ rental at the end of the sixth year; and on bush land, in addition thereto, improvements must be made to the value of 10s. an acre if first-class land, or of 5s. an acre if second-class land.

5. One half-year’s rent and £1 1s. for the lease must be paid immediately the application is declared successful; the rent to be paid half-yearly in advance during the term of the lease. The next payment of rent will become due on the 1st September, 1897.

6. The lessee has no right to purchase any part of the land; but he can select, with approval of the Land Board, 150 acres around the homestead through which no road can be taken or other public privilege exercised without compensation.

DECLARATION.

I, __, of* __, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am the person who, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” am desirous of becoming the purchaser of a lease of Run No.† __.

3. That I am purchasing such lease solely for my own use and benefit, and not, directly or indirectly, for the use of any other person or persons whatever.

4. That I am not already the holder of any such lease in any part of the colony, nor have I any interest in any such lease.

5. That I am not the holder of any run under Part VI. of the aforesaid Act, nor have I any interest in any such run.

6. That I do not own any freehold land or land held by lease or license of any kind whatever anywhere in the colony, either by myself or jointly with any other person, which, exclusive of the land I am now purchasing the lease of, will exceed in area 1,000 acres.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

(Signature.)

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 189, before me— __, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

• Place of abode or occupation. † Here specify.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in the Cheviot Estate for Lease by Public Auction.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 7th October, 1896.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Cheviot Estate Disposition Act, 1893,” and “The Land Act, 1892,” that the lands enumerated in the Schedule hereto will be offered for lease on the terms specified, at public auction, at the District Lands and Survey Office, Cheviot, at 11 o’clock a.m. on Thursday, the 3rd day of December, 1896.

SCHEDULE.

West and South Belts.

Jed Gardens Reserve.

Park and Gardens Reserve.

| | 5 2 13 | 0 8 0 | 2 4 7 |

Domain Reserve.

| | 15 1 20 | 0 6 0 | 4 12 3 |

In event of any of the blocks or sections not being disposed of at auction, they will remain open for selection, in terms of “The Land Act, 1892,” on lease, at the upset rental.

CONDITIONS.

1. There are no restrictions or limitations as to the number of blocks or sections which one person may acquire, and no declaration is required. Residence and improvements are not compulsory. No compensation shall be claimed by the lessees, nor shall any be allowed by the Government on account of improvements effected by the lessee, nor from any other cause; but lessees shall be allowed one month from the date of determination of their leases within which to remove any buildings or fences which they may have erected upon the lands comprised in their leases.

2. Possession will be given on the day of sale.

3. The licenses shall be for the term of twelve months.

4. The licenses shall be subject to the following conditions, amongst others:—

(1.) That the licensee shall prevent the destruction or burning of timber or bush on or adjacent to the land comprised in the license;

(2.) That the licensee shall prevent the growth or spread of gorse, broom, and sweetbriar on the land comprised in the license, and shall with all reasonable speed remove or cause to be removed all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, or other noxious weeds or plants, as may be directed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands; and

(3.) That the licensee shall destroy all rabbits on the land comprised in the license, and shall prevent their increase or spread to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Crown Lands or an officer appointed by him to inspect the ground.

5. The licensee shall have the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified in his license, but shall have no right to the soil, or timber, or minerals thereon or therein.

6. One half-year’s rent and the lease-fee of £1 1s. shall be paid in every instance on the fall of the hammer. The next rent shall be paid on the 1st day of September, 1897. Should the half-yearly rental at any period not be paid within thirty days, a penalty of 10 per cent. in addition will be enforced. The half-year’s rent payable on the fall of the hammer shall be considered the rent due on the 1st March, 1897, from which date the leases shall commence.

7. The lessee shall not cut or trim the live fences now on the land without the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and he shall stub all gorse, broom, sweetbriar, and other noxious plants.

8. The lessee must properly clean, clear from weeds, and keep open all creeks, drains, ditches, and watercourses which now are or may be upon the land, and the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall have the power at any time to enter upon and make any drain through the land that he may deem necessary.

9. The lessee shall be liable for all rates, taxes, and assessments during the term.